Sonia Lenzi is an italian photographer and visual artist. Her artistic practice adopts an interdisciplinary approach and revolves around interrelated themes, concerning identity, memories of people and places, mortality and gender. She uses photography to investigate, establish and recreate social relationships through signs, symbols, and gestures. She graduated initially in Philosophy at the University of Bologna, then from the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in Painting, finally graduating in Law. Her photographic project, ‘It Could Have Been Me’ (2015), was shown in Bologna High Speed Railway Station as a temporary installation. ‘Lares Familiares’ was first exhibited at the Archaeological Museum in Naples (2016), and then at the Italian Cultural Institute in London (2019). ‘Last Portrait’ was presented at the Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2019). Take Me to Live with You. A Social Family Album, was exhibited at Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US (2021) and published by Kehrer Verlag. 'Looking for My Daughters? was published by Artphilein Foundation in 2022. Her work is in a number of private and public collection, among which the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. She lives and works in Bologna and London.
